I gave you my heart I didn't make you win it
I gave you a dress but I never saw you in it
Now you say it's over just as soon as we begin it
Here's a flower baby stick your nose in it
When I wrote you this song I thought we were fine
Then you sprouted some horns so I grew me a spine
No I'm not the kind of guy who'd go and give you a smack
Well I wrote you this song now I want it back
You wanted me bad, then you wanted to wait
You put up this wall I couldn't penetrate
You said you were waiting for the perfect time
Turns out I was waiting in a really long line
When I wrote you this song I'd have given you the sky
Turns out you seduced two thirds of Gamma Pi
And in the library too in the non-fiction stacks
Well I wrote you this song now I want it back
Yes I wrote you this song now I want it back
Do you love me do you love me
Or anyone you know (are you into backup singers)
Do you want this song
Do you know how it goes
No I don't think you know
When I wrote you this song it was lightness and fluff
I couldn't do no better I couldn't get enough
And now I'm serious like a f'ing heart attack
You can keep my stuff but I want the song back
Yes I wrote you this song and I want it back
Well I wrote you a song and I want it back
Yeah I wrote you a song and I, I want it back
Wrote you a song and I want it back
Yeah I wrote you a song now I, I want it back
Well I wrote you a song and I want it back
You can keep my stuff but I want the song back
Do you love me, do you love me
The FuMP
2021-03-26
Artist
Steve Goodie
Title
I Want It Back
Here's an upgrade of a song from about 28 years ago. I was in my twenties, I was just discovering Zappa and enjoying the freedom to say absolutely anything in a song. The 2021 version has slightly updated lyrics, cause my sensibilities have changed a bit... and some of the original words were (as they say) problematic. The spirit of the original remains, though... she left me, and I don't like that she left me!
The bulk of this production was recorded in the mid-90s on 48k/16-bit ADAT recorders through a Mackie board. Fake drums and fake piano were originally used via midi, and the original mix was made with no auto-tune and no automation. This upgraded mix has real drums replacing the fake ones, and my real (magic) piano is playing old midi piano part. The new tracks are recorded at 96k/24-bit, and the new mix is brought to you through a Neve analog board and lots of sweet analog gear that I couldn't possibly afford in my twenties. There's still no auto-tune involved.
One more thing... it's fun to bash on real electric guitars and real drums very loudly. If you've never tried it, I recommend it. It doesn't cost much.
Words, music, arrangement, production, guitars, drums, bass, piano, vocals: SG
Lead guitars: David Smith and Chris Smith
Backup vocals: Eric Teplitz
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